Future teachers’ digital competence: what is the perception of current student’s teachers’?

Abstract

Nowadays, the role of teachers is crucial in empowering students with the advantages of ICT. Teachers are required not only to become basically digitally literate, but they should also be able to integrate technology into their teaching, and initial teacher education is one of the most important factors for this purpose. The main aim of this study was to explore the student teachers' digital competence through their own self-perceptions, a key factor for their future performance. For this purpose, a sample of 149 student teachers' completed a self-perception questionnaire constructed in accordance with ISTE standards. The results show that most student teachers have a high level of self-perceived digital competence (better basic digital skills that in didactic use of ICT). However, there were significant differences in basic digital skills according to the age of student teachers.